Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Anisotropic Wave Behavior in Isotropic Material With Orthogonal Surface Perturbation, Khaleda Akter
Role of Estrogen in Regulating Diet-Induced Obesity in Females, Ahmed Aladhami
HF Radar Signal Inversion for Wind and Swell Ocean Waves, Zaid Rahman Abed Al-Attabi
Nonlinear Intelligent Model Predictive Control of Mobile Robots, Benjamin Albia
Experiences of Five Women Presidents in Higher Education: A Narrative Study, Mary Alexander
Uptake, Acuumulation, and Toixicity of Silver Nanoparticles to Juvenile Bivalve Mollusc’s Hard Clam Mercenaria Mercenaria, Hanaa Radhi Jolan Al Hameed
Three Essays on Agency Costs in Corporate Finance, Eyad Alhudhaif
Detecting the Intent of Email Using Embeddings, Deep Learning and Transfer Learning, Zaid Alibadi
An in Vitro Approach To Vascular Therapeutic Testing, Shahd Ali Hasanain
Identification of Structural Signature Responses From Response Time Histories Using B-Spline Impulse Response Techniques, Shadhan Ahmed AL Kharusi
Learning How to Search: Generating Effective Test Cases Through Adaptive Fitness Function Selection, Hussein Khalid Almulla
The Association of Antidepressants Use with Healthcare Utilization, Patient-Reported Outcomes, and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Depression, Abdulrahman Abdullah A Alnijadi
Monitoring of Carbon Dioxide Injection in the Southeastern United States, Adil Murad Awad Alshammari
The Effects of a Dialogic Pedagogy in a Hybrid Advanced Placement Environmental Science Course on Students’ Learning Experience, Blake Alspach
The Inflammatory Potential of Diet and its Relationship with Metabolic, Mental, and Cardiovascular Health among Childhood Cancer Survivors: The St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE), Christian Ricardo Alvarado
The Role of the School-Based Speech-Language Pathologist In The Identification, Assessment, and Remediation of Dyslexia In Secondary Students, Lisa Marie Alves
Preferential Vaporization Potential of Crude Oils and its Impact on Flame Flashback Behaviors, Ayuob Al wahaibi
Modeling Human-Structure Interaction using Control System when Bouncing on Flexible Structure, Ahmed Tamween Baeewi Al-Zubaidi
Sex Differences and Neuroimmune Effects of Microglial Response in the Mesolimbic Reward Pathway in Nicotine Substance Use Disorder, Erin Leigh Anderson
Impact of Acetylcholine on Internal Pathways To Basal Amygdala Pyramidal Neurons, Tyler Daniel Anderson-Sieg
A Simulation-Based Study of Location-Shift Models Under Non-Normal Conditions, Ummay Khayrunnesa Anika
Building a New (Deal) Identity The Evolution of Italian-American Political Culture and Ideology, 1910–1940, Ryan J. Antonucci
Shedding Light on the Coupling Dynamics in Hybrid Nanostructures, Saba Arash
Composition, Context, and Community Integration: Evaluating The Relative Strength of Environmental Factors on Mental Health Outcomes Using a Social Ecology Model, Douglas John Archie III
This New Colossus, Sean M. Ardor
The Impact of Interactive Journaling on Seventh-Grade Students’ Writing Self-Efficacy, Writing Performance, And Attitudes Towards Writing, Nicholle Morgan Arman
Clinical Determinants of VO2 max Response to Endurance Training: HERITAGE Family Study, Emanuel Ayala
Applying the Comprehensive Evaluation of Return-On-Talent-Investment Model (CERTi) In Higher Education, Mazen Aziz
Reduced Order Modeling Based on Hybrid Snapshot Simulation, Feng Bai
Characterization of a High Affinity Glutathione Transporter and Its Impact on Glutathione Depleted Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay
Assessing the Anticipated Needs of Transgender Patients In Cancer Genetic Counseling, Jacqueline Baquet
An Exploration of the Genetic Counselor’s Role in The Individualized Education Program, Naomi Jean Barker
Leveraging Digital Transformation to Build the Technology Of Tomorrow Using Yesterday’s Equipment, Evan Barnett
Early Premature Infant Physiologic and Behavioral Indicators of ANS Instability, Karen Popp Becker
How Can Equity-Focused Inquiry Uncover the Causes for the Opportunity Gaps Our Students of Color Experience?, Stephanie Becks
“What can there be but witchcraft?”: History, Women, and Witches in Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes and Graham Swift’s Waterland, Thomas Bedenbaugh
School Psychologists’ Involvement in Transition Programming, Valerie Bell
Design and Synthesis of Macrocyclic Peptide BRAF-WT Dimerization Inhibitors for the Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma, Chad Mulloy Beneker
Develop or Diminish? An Exploration of Adolescent Athlete Flow Experiences, Hayes Mayfield Bennett
The Development of a Tractable System to Assess Caulobacter-Plant Interactions, Louis Berrios
Essays in the Economics of Tournaments, Eren Bilen
Portion of Profit Donations: CSR as Public Relations Strategy and its Relationships with Trust and Purchase Intentions, Branden Dylan Cameron Birmingham
Operationalizing and Measuring High-Quality Instructional Practice – A Theoretical and Empirical Perspective, Genine L. Blue
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Derived Cancers: A Novel Study on Growth and Growth Suppression Utilizing Common Colorectal Cancer Agents, Raymond Kennith Bogdon
Let’s Talk About It: Bridging the Gap Between Diverse Students and Their White Teachers, Beth DeAn Boring Shoff
Benefits of Video Feedback on Low Performing Female Cadets in Physical Education: An Action Research Study, John Borman
Pedagogical Solo Piano Nocturnes: A Progressive Leveling With Annotations on Stylistic, Technical, and Musical Challenges and Benefits, Michaela Anne Boros
Creating Crescent: Using Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) And Public Media to Promote Epistemic Agency Among Black Girls in South Carolina, Salandra Bowman
A Spatial Risk Prediction Model for Drug Overdose, Parisa Bozorgi
“Before the World Gets Them”: The Impact of Racialized Parenting on Black Mothers, Mia Brantley
Integration of Process Planning Into the Automated Fiber Placement Design for Manufacturing Cycle, Alex Brasington
Impact of Acetylcholine on Amygdala Network Oscillations, Joshua Xavier Bratsch-Prince
The Role of Sexting in the Development of Romantic Relationships, Max Bretscher
The Development and Validation of an Automated Screener of Attention, Rachel Bridges
Disparities in Programming African American Solo Vocal Music On College Campuses Across the United States, Ramelle Brooks
ClassDojo and the Effects of Gamification on Student Engagement Within the Third-Grade Art Classroom: An Action Research Study, Amanda Wrenn Brown
Secondary Administrators’ Perspectives on their Involvement in and Barriers to Supporting Secondary Transition Programs for Students with Disabilities, Dottie H. Brown
Daphnia Pulex: The Mixed Messages of Mutations , Matthew Randall Bruner
Real Time Neurochemical Analysis of the Brain For Pharmacological Treatments in Mood Disorders And Neurodegeneration, Anna Marie Buchanan
Why So Long? Examining the Nexus Between Case Complexity and Delay in Florida’s Death Penalty System, Corey Daniel Burton
Southern United States English as a Rhetorical Device in The Field of Marketing: A Study and Implications for Business Writing Pedagogy, Megan Jacklynn Busch
Assessing the Power of Policy: Deconstructing Declines in Child Marriage Around the World, Zackery Butler
Middle and High School Experiences That Lead First-Generation College Students to Select a Stem Major, James A. Byrum
The Criminalization of HIV and HIV Stigma, Deanna Cann
Exploring Students’ Cosmopolitan Perspectives in an Undergraduate, Intermediate Spanish-Language Class, Erin Carlson
Fortnightly Effects of Urea Additions on Cyanobacteria in A Stormwater Detention Pond, Halley Carruthers
Plasmids Bring Novel Functions to Caulobacter Genomes, Taylor Howell Carter
Quantitative Data Collection on the Fundamental Components Of Saxophone Tone Production, Matthew Troy Castner
“Power and the Orientations of Resistance in Twentieth-Century American Literature”, Victoria Eleanor Chandler
Development of a First-Generation Prototype Laboratory System for Rail Neutral Temperature Measurements, Ellie Yi-Hsien Chao
Measuring Strain-Mediated Magnetoelectric Effects In Magnetically Self-Assembled Multiferroic Janus Nanofiber Chains: A Quest for New Techniques to Study Multiferroic Nanomaterials, Bryan Lucas Chávez
Cationic Metallo-Polyelectrolytes: Synthesis and Application in Self-Assembly and Mechanochemistry, Yujin Cha
Teacher Perceptions of Practices That Enculturate Data-Driven Decision-Making, Nevermind Everlasting Chigoba
A Multi Physics Integrated Solution for a High-pressure Stage Turbine Efficiency and Durability, Sanjay Chopra
Association of NSAIDs and Acetaminophen Prescriptions During Pregnancy With Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Child, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury
Music as Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Therapy: An Exploratory Literature Review, Amy Arlene Clary
The Motivational Impact of a Digital Student Response Tool During Text-Dependent Writing Instruction in a Concurrent Middle School Classroom, Lisa Marie Cobb
“It Seemed Like Reaching for the Moon:” Southside Virginia’s Civil Rights Struggle Against The Virginia Way, 1951-1964, Emily A. Martin Cochran
Impact of Flipped Learning on High School Students’ Motivation, Cognitive Load, and Perceptions of Flipped Approach for Learning Science, Lucas Charles Conner
Mechanical Strength of Sic Composite Tubing Under Uniaxial and Multiaxial Loading, Colton Corley
Multi-Robot Coordination with Environmental Disturbances, Adem Coskun
Simulation of Pituitary Organogenesis in Two Dimensions, Chace E. Covington
Planning and Teaching for Student Learning in Mathematics: How Graduate Student Instructors Develop and Implement Instruction, Jennifer S. Crooks-Monastra
“Hey, I’ve Got This Kid”: A Study of Multimodal Semiotics in Adapted Physical Education Strategies, Nancy Morrow Crowe
“We are Going to be Reckoned With”: The South Carolina UDC and the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Museum, 1986-2000, Caitlin Cutrona
Molecular Basis of Xenobiotic Metabolism and Resistance in Tetranychus Urticae, Leily Daneshian
Mathematical Realism From Reflectance Physicalism, Nicholas Matthew Danne
The Impact of the Teacher-Student Relationship on Students’ Educational Expectations, Amanda Lynn Davis
When the Learning Environment Becomes E-Learning: A Narrative Inquiry Into High School Honors Students’ Motivation, Tyesha L. Deas
Examining the Cost and Quality Relationship in Medicare, Alexandria Fleming Delage
Development of a Converging-Channel Drop Tower For Sphere Symmetric Isolated Single Droplet Combustion, Nicholas Alexander DeMaio
A Study of Prosocial Behavior, Workplace Civility, and Work Engagement Among Employees in Higher Education, Shelley Haddock Dempsey
An Orchestral Conductor’s Guide to the James/Daehler Edition Of The Hinrichs and Winkler Compilation Score to the 1925 Silent Film The Phantom of the Opera, Hayden Richard Denesha
Escitalopram Treatment to the HIV-1 Transgenic Rat: Spine Dynamics, Telomere Quantification and Neurogenesis, Adam Ray Denton
Developing and Understanding Catalysts for Organic Synthesis, Shelby Dickerson
Real Time Simulation and Hardware in the Loop Methods for Power Electronics Power Distribution Systems, Michele Difronzo